User guide

664 User Guide and Technical Information

of a scene name, take number, and a ﬁ le extension. For example, for scene S01, take T01, the polyphon-

ic ﬁ le name and take name are both S01T01.wav.

scene number

take number

extension

S01T01.WAV

Folder Options

All ﬁ les generated by the 664 can be saved to the Root directory, a Project Folder, a Daily (Roll) Folder,

or a Scene Folder (Files are saved to the Root directory by default). File organization is managed in

the Setup Menu option FILE STORAGE > FOLDER OPTIONS. Folder choices include TOP-LEVEL,

MID-LEVEL, and BOTTOM LEVEL FOLDERS. Folders are created when the record key is pressed.

This reduces the likelihood of empty folders.

Each folder resides in the folder one level below it. If the folder one level below the target folder is

set to <None>, the target folder will reside in the next level folder that is set to something other than

<None>.

Each folder level has a corresponding list of available names that can be edited manually by the user.

To add an entry to the list of folder names of any folder level:

1. Access Setup Menu option FILE STORAGE > FOLDER OPTIONS

2. Select desired folder level and press the Headphone Encoder.

3. Rotate the headphone Encoder to select <Add New Entry> then press the Headphone En-

coder. Use the on-screen keyboard to compose a name for the folder.

4. Slide the RTN Switch right to create the folder name and select it for this folder level.

Top-Level (Project) folder. The Top-Level folder can be named manually or set to <None>. The name

of the Top-Level folder will also be stored in the PROJECT ﬁ eld of the iXML and bEXT chunks of all

subsequently recorded WAV ﬁ les.

Mid-Level (Tape/Roll/Daily) folder. The Mid-Level folder can be named manually, by the date, or set

to <None>. When set to <Daily>, a folder will be automatically created and named according to the

date. Whenever a new day occurs, the 664 will prompt asking if the user would like to create a new

daily folder. With an example date of August 20th, 2012, the naming format of the daily folder would

be: 12Y08M20. The name of the Mid-Level folder will also be stored in the TAPE ﬁ eld of the iXML and

bEXT chunks of all subsequently recorded WAV ﬁ les.

Bo om-Level folder. The Bo om-Level folder can be named manually, by scene name, or set to

<None>. When set to <Scene>, a new folder will be created each time the scene name is changed.

Automatic File Splitting

A ﬁ le on a FAT32 volume cannot exceed 4 GB. During recording, the 664 will split a take that exceeds

4 GB into multiple ﬁ les. The split is sample-accurate, so ﬁ les joined together in post-production will

be seamless. The maximum ﬁ le size that the 664 creates can be adjusted from the Setup Menu option

FILE STORAGE > File Max Size. The following ﬁ le size options are available:

• 4GB

• 2GB

• 1GB

• 640MB

• 512MB